Envoys See Wilson as Mediation Push Delays Talks
The Mexican controversy mediation at Niagara Falls was postponed to May 20 upon Brazilian request to allow Mexican delegates more time. Envoys Da Gama Naon and Suarez bade President Wilson farewell, with the President expressing hope for a peaceful solution and peace talks underway on neutral soil.
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Washington
D. C
Niagara Falls
Ontario
State Department
Senor de Gama
Key West
da Gama
Suarez
Bryan
Lobos Island
United States
Imroglio
Wilson
Ambassador da Gama
Brazil
Naon
Argentina
Chile
White House
Frederick W. Lehmann
Justice Lamar
Supreme Court of the United States
H. Percival Dodge
Mexico
San Antonio Area Weekend Weather Outlook
For San Antonio and vicinity, Friday night and Saturday bring unsettled conditions with variable skies and chances of showers. Temperatures trend cooler overnight with daytime highs in the comfortable range.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Morning Weather Across U S Cities
Observations from multiple cities report clear skies with cool mornings and warming afternoons. Winds vary from north to northeast and northwest, with some locations cooling at night to lower values. Local reports note the lowest temperatures in the last 24 hours and chances of rain in Kansas City.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Raul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Wheeler Declines to Accept Office on Reserve Board
Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago vice president of Continental Trust declines a board appointment due to business ties. President Wilson now must fill two posts on the general reserve board with Adolph C. Miller Paul M. Warburg and W P G Harding having accepted. The president seeks balance geographic representation and a Republican among the two selections. Decision not expected for a week or two and Senate transmission likely after final choices. White House offered no names today.
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Washington, D. C
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Continental Trust Company
General Reserve Board
Wilson
Wheeler
Adolph C. Miller
San Francisco
Paul M. Warburg
New York City
W. P. G. Harding
Birmingham
Ala
Middle West
St. Louis
New England
Senate
White House
Jaren
Railroad Contract Let for Nueces Valley Line
Contract let for the first forty miles of a railroad from Uvalde northward along the Nueces valley. L J Smith of Smith Construction Company Kansas City to construct a line over fifty miles long with ground equipment already on site. Project will reach kaolin deposits and cedar forests in the Nueces valley.
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Nueces River
Uvalde
L. J. Smith
Smith Construction Company
Kansas City
Nueces Valley
Roosevelt Health Leads to Private New York Welcome
New York officials report Colonel Roosevelt remains ill and his family requests no public reception upon his return from Brazil next week, avoiding the public greeting given after his African trip.
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New York
Roosevelt
Brazil
Three Die in Ohio Country Home Murder Case
In Ironton vicinity a 75 year old mother Mrs Dennis Massie and her two grown children, Robert and Mary, were killed last night at their rural home. Their bodies were found today as authorities search for 21 year old Harley Beard, a worker on the property.
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Ironton
Ohio
Dennis Massie
Robert
Mary
Harley Beard
Masons Plan Big Parade at Grand Masters Convention
About 10 000 Masons are expected to take part in a parade tomorrow afternoon as plans were finalized by grand masters during the second annual convention in St. Louis. Delegates from 32 states plus representatives from Canada and Mexico will be present.
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ST. Louis
Masonic Orders
States
Canada
Mexico
Port of Puerto Plata Quiet Amid Blockade Tension
Dispatch from Commander Eberle of the US cruiser Washington reports the Santo Domingo port of Puerto Plata held by revolutionists and government blockade proclaims, but the scene remains quiet early today.
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Santo Dominican
Washington, D. C
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Eberle
United States
Washington
Explosion at Rubber Plant Kills Ten in Detroit
Ten workers died and three were injured when a molten rubber vat exploded at the Mexican Crude Rubber Company plant in West Detroit. Dozens of nearby buildings damaged as debris and shattered windows marked the catastrophe. officials planned an investigation.
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Detroit
Mich
Mexican Crude Rubber Company
Rubber Company
Judge Imposes Heavy Fines for Illicit Liquor in San Antonio
County Judge James R. Davis fined Isabel Salvidora 500 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to selling whiskey without a state license. Pantalio Carranza received 250 dollars and costs for selling beer without a license. Davis warned the next offender would face maximum penalties. Detectives Marien and Miller filed the cases, with other minor guilty pleas yielding thirty days in jail.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
James R. Davis
Isabel Salvidora
Pantalio Carranza
Davis
C. Marien
A. H. Miller
Smuggling Case Against Fox and Pettinger Ahead in Court
San Francisco May 15. Fred Fox and Maurice Pettinger face the Federal Court before Judge Dooling on charges of attempted smuggling Chinese into the United States. Rumors persist of a broader conspiracy involving Mexican routes, federal officers, wealthy Chinese, and others.
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San Francisco
Cal
Fred Fox
Maurice Pettinger
United States
Dooling
Mexico
Rates delay for Texas workers' compensation insurance
The new workmen's compensation insurance rates did not take effect today as scheduled. Commissioner Collier extended the effective date to next Monday at the request of the Texas Employers' Insurance Association due to technicalities to be adjusted by the association.
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Austin
Tex
Collier
Texas Employers’ Insurance Association
Three Die in Auto Train Crash Near Edwardsville Illinois
Three people from Marine Newfoundland died when their car was struck by a Toledo St. Louis and Western train near Kaufmann Illinois eleven miles east of Edwardsville. The deceased are John Stuckwisch his wife Mrs John Stuckwisch and Oscar Maurer brother of Mrs Stuckwisch. Stuckwisch was a mill bookkeeper in Marine Illinois and the trio was en route to Jacksonville Illinois.
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ST. Louis
Kaufmann
Ill
Edwardsville
Toledo, St. Louis & Western
Merine
John Stuckwisch
Oscar Maurer
Stuckwisch
Marine, Ill
Jacksonville
Pleads Insanity for Defense in Woman Teacher Killing
In Herkimer New York on May 15 the defense opened its case in the killing of Lydia Beecher a high school teacher. Attorney Hane argued hereditary insanity and claimed fancied grievances and a disordered mind motivated Jean Gianini to commit the crime.
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Herkimer
N. Y
Jean Gianini
Lydia Beecher
Hig
Hane
Leased AP Wire Day Report Highlights Global News
The San Antonio ht features the AP Leased Wire Day report, a comprehensive daily dispatch with broad coverage. The Light adds its own extensive special news service, supplementing the newspaper's reporting.
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San Antonio
Vallon Clings to Testimony in Becker Trial
New York May 15 Harry Vallon the alleged fellow conspirator with Bald Jack Rose testified under cross examination in the Becker murder trial. He admitted lying on prior occasions but stood by the essential details of his account. Defense sought to challenge Vallons link between Becker and the plot but failed to discredit the core story.
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New York
Harry Vallon
Bald Jack" Rose
Herman Rosenthal
Charles Becker
Vallon
Becker
Whitman
Valllon
Witness accounts in Rosenthal murder case clash on quarrel claim
The witness testified a six month dispute with Rosenthal preceded his murder but denied a direct quarrel. The defense argues Rosenthal fell victim to a gambler’s war, while the prosecution details the sequence of events after Jack Rose’s story was turned over to the defense.
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Jack Rose
Rosenthal
Air route established across San Francisco Bay
Airplane passenger service across San Francisco Bay from San Francisco to Oakland began with a regular schedule. Mayor James Rolph Jr. was the first passenger, making the round trip. The terminal distance is 6.7 miles.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Francisco Bay
Oakland
James Rolph Jr
Danish Explorer Reports Croker Land Expedition Members Safe
Knud Rasmussen relays word from Donald B. MacMillan that all Croker land expedition members were well on March 27 while MacMillan was at Cape York.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Knud Rasmussen
Donald B. MacMillan
MacMillan
Cape York
Arson squads burn grandstands at county grounds
Arson squads of militant suffragettes today destroyed the grandstands at the county cricket grounds in Birmingham and London.
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London
County Cricket Grounds
Birmingham
Foreign nationals gird for revolt in Mexico City districts
British and German subjects in Mexico City gather in concentration districts with arms and ammunition as fear of a tumultuous revolt spreads. Reports say Britons and Germans are fortifying foreign quarters while officials offer no formal guidance yet mass evacuation is urged by Britain.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Mexico City
Huerta
Great Britain
La Follette Publishes Large Congressional Record Edition
Democratic economists in the House led by Rep Barnhart of Indiana criticized a special 368 page edition of the Congressional Record on freight rates authored as remarks by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin. Barnhart estimated the total taxpayer cost at $13,760 and warned that copying such editions across all members could reach about $7.3 million plus extra for wrapping and franking.
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Washington, D. C
House
Representative Barnhard
Indiana
House Printing Committee
Congressional Record
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Barnhart
Shows to Open Sunday Defy Sunday Law Charges
Owners of moving picture houses in San Antonio announced they will open on Sunday May 17 despite charges filed this week by the Law Enforcement League led by Rev. C. B. McStravick. They expect new charges next week as juries in court trials determine if the public favors Sunday closures. Detectives will again visit shows to gather evidence for further complaints.
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Law Enforcement League
San Antonio
Rev
C. B. McStravick
To Resume Oil Operations
NEW YORK May 15 With Tampico taken by the Constitutionalists oil field work should resume swiftly Richard Levering a member of the committee that met President Wilson in Washington said today we expect our men to return to work at once油 gil ers should be resumed immediately
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New York
Tampico
Richard Levering
Ofl
Wilson
Washington
Gil ¢Eris
Velasco Named Military Governor After Torreon Defeat
General Velasco, wounded at Torreon, is ordered to govern San Luis Potosi. Huerta’s dismissal of Velasco suggests a move to curb any coup plans as Zapata engages Federals near Topilejo. Gunners leave Tampico as ships await orders from Mexico City while American destroyers monitor patrols.
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Velasco
Huerta
Sa Luis Potosi
Zapata
Torreon
San Luis Potosi
Mexico City
Topilejo
Villa
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Puerto Mexico
Miss Ida Hayes Remains Amid Saltillo Fighting
Miss Ida Hayes of Waco Texas a Baptist missionary and director of the Madero Institute for girls at Saltillo will stay in the city as the Constitutionalist attack approaches. She refused to leave despite consul warnings fearing the institute could be used by Federals as barracks and be destroyed in the fighting.
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Juarez
Mexico
Ida Hayes
Waco
Tex
Saltillo
Miss Hayes
Madero Institute
Colorado Autoists Plan Gulf Visit From Houston
Colorado motorists traveling to the Gulf arrive in Houston this afternoon with eight cars and five occupants. Entertainment plans are ready for the social run and will be enjoyed later today.
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Colorado
Houston
Tex
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